My kids saw the presents should i still say it is from Santa?

Question

I had to take them to the mall to buy the gifts that I got for them (I had no babysitter), the only ones they have not seen are some that a couple of friends got for them and I am tempted to tell them that those one are from Santa but i don’t want my friends to loss the credit? BTW they 5 and 2 and know all about Santa.

Thanks for the help :-)

Regarding Elijah C my dad is a doctor, I always believed in Santa and never talked back to my parents. Sounds like you don’t have many happy childhood memories of Christmas. Also I want to remind you that you are the one that has answered 69 questions on here, so who is calling the kettle black?

Answer 1

Just tell them Santa asked you to help him out this year. He's still intending on stopping by, he just has so many toys that his sleigh is getting too heavy for the reindeer to lift nowadays so you agreed to keep the gifts at home for him. The stores you bought them at are just Santa's Helpers.

:-)

And for all you Scrooges out there that keep saying Santa is fake and not to lie to the poor children? Piff. Excuse me, these kids are 5 and 2. Let them have their Santa and innocence for a while longer.

I mean it's not causing them any harm to believe in a wonderful man who gives out gifts to children all over the world out of the kindness of his heart. Anyone who claims severe trauma over believing in Santa is a drama queen that needs to get a grip and grow the heck up. You may be jaded and bitter now that you're adults but that doesn't mean the children around you have to be. They grow up too fast the way it is now.

Elijah C--Believing in Santa doesn't make anyone into a sheep. Get a grip. It's part of a cultural and family bonding experience that has been around for centuries. People need such things to become healthier individuals that can relate to others around them. It sounds to me like you've had a very unpleasant adulthood so far and are using any excuse you can to blame others for your own questionable words and actions now. It's very easy to blame your parents and childhood for you turning out the way you have. But, guess what, you are an adult now and should know better by now. So anything you do as an adult is therefore on YOU not them.

Newsflash, EC. Most kids grow up to into teenagers that talk back and think they don't have to earn things these days anyway. Despite the best of intentions. This is because their parents are so busy working ridiculous hours and feeling guilty over it that they tend to go overboard and overcompensate when it comes to buying their children gifts. They figure they aren't there to kiss the kid and hug them as much as they want so they'll just buy them something really expensive and cool instead. These parents don't realize what kind of message that is sending their children--that someone only loves you if they buy you something whenever you demand it.

It's a product of the environment we live in today. Our entire culture is centered around material items. We equate success with having more. Parents SPOIL their children rotten nowadays. When you spoil a child too much of course they're going to think they have some kind of divine right to expect anything they want from you.

That's why we NEED selfless heroes like Santa Claus. As I stated earlier, Santa gives gifts to children worldwide (both rich and poor) out of the kindness of his heart without expecting any kind of reward. If you're a good boy or girl you get rewarded in life. If you're not, you get coal. You give from your heart on Christmas. You are not required to do so, you do so because you want to. Because you want to see someone's face light up with unexpected joy that you thought about them.

What a simple and beautiful life lesson to learn. How could a message like that ever be a bad thing? Parents just need to remember to explain this moral to their children instead of centering Christmas around how many presents each child gets.

Personally, I think my Mom going to extremes to buy and hide gifts from me, as well as choke down those atrocious cookies I'd make for Santa every year and even take a bite out of the carrot I left for Rudolph, illustrates just how much she truly loves me. She wanted me to keep part of my innocence for as long as possible. To give me something magical to believe in, in a world full of cold, hard truth, anger, hate and fear. If that's not love then what is?

Answer 2

Maybe if you bought (for example) a train set..you can take the train set out of the box and set it up, they might remember the box but not the actual toy....you can tell them you borrowed that gift from the store so that santa would know EXACTLY what to get since there was no list for him....and that he was kind enough to return the stuff to the store for you...be careful with this one if your little ones were expecting a Wii or something hard to get....
above all dont beat yourself up
it does not sound like you had many options and youdid the best you could
if for some reason the 5 year old does not 'buy it' ask him to be a big boy and not ruin it for the two year old.
He might enjoy being part of a big boy/girl secret

Answer 3

no switch the tags or something,,, or do nothing, they might not remember, or if they say something, say about the other gifts, remind them that so and so needed u to pick that up for there kids, and u seemed to like it so i called Santa!!! No biggie... Let them keep the magic of being a child..... They are only young once.... Kids grow up way to fast. or parents are taking the innocent wonder away..... Merry Christmas... My daughter knows mommy has Santa's phone number, all mommy and daddy's do......... :)

Answer 4

I'm sure they might have forgotten.

When they ask, "Mommy, didn't you buy this?"

Just say, "No, I was looking for ideas to tell Santa!"

You'll have your kids still believin' and your friends will have serious credit for some awesome gifts! Lol.

EDIT: Ignore Natty. Also, ignore some of the users that say to "not lie". It's Santa Claus, geez! Let them keep believing. It's a scientifically proven fact that the children that believed in Santa as a child were more creative, artistic, and imaginative then the kids who didn't.

Answer 5

Tell them that Santa contacted you personally and was the one who suggested you but them the toys that you did. It seems like the only way out to me. Of course they should still believe in Santa, you do, it was Santa who contacted you

Answer 6

"Santa comes in many forms...sometimes Mommy or Daddy has to help Santa...you know like Grandma gives Mommy money to buy a present for you...or like the helpers that he has in the malls that look like him."

If all else fails, the truth will work.

Answer 7

The 2 yr. old probably won't know the difference and the 5 yr.old may just be happy to have gifts

Answer 8

They are from santa for sure, your friends helped santa decide on them though, and therefore get some rep in the final decision. :)

Answer 9

One of our little ones saw some of the things. We told him that Santa needed some help with a few of the items and the shop they came from is one of his helpers.

Answer 10

just switch the tags. Say the gifts from your friends are from Santa and the gifts you bought are from your friends. But tell your friends because they may get upset.

Answer 11

Christmas was magical when i was a kid, even MORE SO, because I knew my parents LOVEDme enough to give me all the wonderful things i was getting.


thats one of the reasons why i still love my parents the way i do, and am always referred to as a well grounded person.

the whole Santa thing will lead to your kids, being unlogical adults, ..sheeple if you will (sheep people), and will hinder their reasoning skills,

just look at yourself, you on the internet asking other people whether or not to make your kids even more Ungrateful towards you,....and you wonder why in 10 years, your kids will be talking back, answering you with a "WHAT IS IT !!"

telling your kids about Santa, will lead to your kids being ungrateful, because they will never know the work you put in to giving your kids a good life.

and when they grow up , they will back talk you, wont listen, and because they will think the "DESERVE" everything, without having to earn it.

bring them to reality as soon as possible, have you ever wondered why most successful doctors, lawyers don't tell their kids about santa. ??

opps sorry, you probably dont know any :P